u/Next_Duck_7700

I'd like to get something like this done at a pretty young age (20's) but I know professionals refuse it for fear that women may 'change their minds'. And these things can be pretty dangerous, but maybe there's stuff out there I haven't heard of.

Apart from the 'chemicals to prep for pregnancy', why are we so hormonal, sad/angry, bloated, sore, ugly, hungry before a period? Is it a side effect? And if it is, why haven't we evolved past it yet? There's no advantages, as far as I know, and it's exhausting every single month.

EDIT: Thanks to everyone who helped answer. The general consensus seems to be that the luteal phase is pretty insignificant because it doesn't impact reproductive success enough to be selected against, so it hasn't been much affected by evolution. Good talk, everyone!

CONTEXT

2 Years ago I played primarily defence on a flag football team. I was a corner, pretty good, and only struggled with getting out of my own head. I played horribly in playoffs and had ptsd about playing for a while. I got back on the team the next season, and played primarily snapper, which gave me a lot of confidence in my skills and I played some defence as well - and we won the season! I played awesome, defence and offence! I became co-captain for the season! Everything is awesome!

Cut to this year. I have been demoted back to defence because we have a lot of good players, senior to me, on offence. Okay, whatever. But I, for the life of me, cannot seem to play well. They changed the shape of the flags this year (from 3 flags connected by a belt to 2 flags that pop off), and I always get TO the person I need to get the flags off of, and that's it. I miss the flag, get penalties for 'holding', everything sucks. I cannot get out of my own head. I have a coach who's hard on everyone, which I usually don't mind, but what gets to me more is that I feel like he's lost complete faith in me. I got moved from corner to linebacker, objectively better positioning but I'm playing really, really badly. I don't know what to do, everything I do is going downhill in this sport, and this is my sport.

I can't do a flag league out of this team either (I did that last year) because my coursework is way too high. Advice?

Any reccs? I'm so sick of these books where the woman main character does nothing but rely on her super chiseled leader boyfriend who protects her and blah blah. I feel like you guys know what I'm talking about. I understand it's kindle unlimited, so slim pickings, but are there any books that just have a violent, batshit crazy FMC? And like, sure, the guy loves her for it. None of that 'Oh, they're people, they deserve not to be killed-", no, I genuinely need to read a book where the lead doesn't mind a little bloodlust. And preferably a finished series.

Bonus points if it's a fantasy book, because that would scratch a really specific itch.

(I tagged this romance but if it's poppy war tier I may be okay without)
I have already read:

Mindf*ck series (10/10)

Book of Azrael (6.8/10)

Poppy War (11/10 but too much emotional damage)

The Young Elites (9.5/10)

Cruel Prince (8.5/10)

Iron Widow (9/10)

The Shadows Between Us (8/10)

I'm not a writer but I feel like you guys would know how to help, if you have wrist pain but still desperately need to write pen to paper, how do you soothe the joint a little bit?

I think I sprained the wrist of my right (dominant) hand while I was sleeping, and it happened because it was already a little fragile from my sport. I wrapped it up to hold it in place and have a lot of writing to do, so I'm good to just thug it out right now. Every time it hurts a little I give it a pause for a bit before going back into the note taking. For the last couple of hours though, I try and feel out where the stiffness is with my left hand and direct my wrist into a position where it won't hurt, and I hear a very distinct click sound like I just cracked a knuckle. This has happened a couple of times, and I just wanted to know if this is cause for concern?

It really doesn't hurt that bad, it's just slightly sprained and I have it wrapped up in a bandage to stop movement. I just have to keep writing is my only thing and I would rather not ruin my wrist forever in the process. Also would appreciate any tips on how to wrap the bandage.